Brian allan is a professional career artist with hundreds of paintings in private and corporate collections world wide. Allan is a 4th generation native Californian who now resides in Laguna Beach, CA. A life long penchant for the production of new ideas would lead Allan to his life's passion - Abstract Painting. A friend and mentor once told Allan that "the best ideas have not been thought of yet" and Allan long ago inscribed those words on the tablet of his heart. "Creation is all and all is creation" would become his personal mantra and pattern for existance. Allan was a gifted child who struggled aganist the process of structured learning. His scattered talents concerned his parents who would introduce him to competitive tennis in 1966. An impressive junior tennis career would produce scholarship offers from accross the country. Allan would ellect not to attend college and his career as a professional tennis player would be relatively short lived due to injuries. Allan would then pursue an opportunity in the field of furniture making. The creative aspects of furniture design would temporarily satisfy his need to explore and create, but would eventually fall short and give way to a desire to express himself from deeper within. A curiosity about religion and spirituality would lead him into a seven year journey of social detachment and quest for personal and spiritual understanding. Living outdoors in Hawaii in tents and caves gave Allan the lifestyle that could sustain his insatiable need for intospection. It was during this period that Allan would design and fabricate his own unique clothing that proved conducive during this episode of self-imposed isolation. His fascination and proclivity for apparel would lead to a postion as a swimsuit and bodywear designer. Meditation and Mandala Art would lead him into an obsession with geomeric forms and renderings."For many years I was so obsessed with producing and pondering the nature of geometric configurations, that I could think of little else, except how they might relate to the foundation of creation and life as I perceived it. One night as I gazed into a star clustered sky - I suddenly realized that my presuppostions regarding the role of geometry were short sighted and had completely overlooked its inseparable counterpart." The Order of Chaos would become Allan's new mantra as he continues to meld these self perceived primordial components into a universal commentary. The Black Circle which appears on all his pieces has become Allan's unique signature which symbolizes the first source and center and the endless cycle of order and disorder. " Pure non-objective abstraction resides in the realm of the infinite... It does not concern itself with the finite objects - most familar to the dominant left brain."